Assault Weapons Ban of 2013
Mass shootings in Newtown, Aurora, and Tucson have demonstrated all too clearly the need to
regulate military-style assault weapons and high capacity ammunition magazines. These
weapons allow a gunman to fire a large number of rounds quickly and without having to reload.
The legislation bans the sale, transfer, manufacturing and importation of:
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All semiautomatic rifles that can accept a detachable magazine and have at least one
military feature: pistol grip; forward grip; folding, telescoping, or detachable stock;
grenade launcher or rocket launcher; barrel shroud; or threaded barrel.

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All semiautomatic pistols that can accept a detachable magazine and have at least
one military feature: threaded barrel; second pistol grip; barrel shroud; capacity to
accept a detachable magazine at some location outside of the pistol grip; or
semiautomatic version of an automatic firearm.

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All semiautomatic rifles and handguns that have a fixed magazine with the capacity
to accept more than 10 rounds.

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All semiautomatic shotguns that have a folding, telescoping, or detachable stock;
pistol grip; fixed magazine with the capacity to accept more than 5 rounds; ability to
accept a detachable magazine; forward grip; grenade launcher or rocket launcher;
or shotgun with a revolving cylinder.

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All ammunition feeding devices (magazines, strips, and drums) capable of accepting
more than 10 rounds.

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157 specifically-named firearms (listed at the end of this document).

The legislation excludes the following weapons from the bill:
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Any weapon that is lawfully possessed at the date of the bill's enactment;
Any firearm manually operated by a bolt, pump, lever or slide action;
Assault weapons used by military, law enforcement, and retired law enforcement; and
Antique weapons.

The legislation protects hunting and sporting firearms:
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The bill excludes 2,258 legitimate hunting and sporting rifles and shotguns by specific make and model.

The legislation strengthens the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban and state bans by:
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Moving from a 2-characteristic test to a 1-characteristic test.
o The bill also makes the ban harder to evade by eliminating the easy-to-remove
bayonet mounts and flash suppressors from the characteristics test.

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Banning dangerous aftermarket modifications and workarounds.
o Bump or slide fire stocks, which are modified stocks that enable semi-automatic
weapons to fire at rates similar to fully automatic machine guns.
o So-called "bullet buttons" that allow the rapid replacement of ammunition
magazines, frequently used as a workaround to prohibitions on detachable
magazines.
o Thumbhole stocks, a type of stock that was created as a workaround to avoid
prohibitions on pistol grips.

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Adding a ban on the importation of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines.

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Eliminating the 10-year sunset that allowed the original federal ban to expire.

The legislation addresses the millions of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines
currently in existence by:
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Requiring a background check on all sales or transfers of a grandfathered assault
weapon.
o This background check can be run through the FBI or, if a state chooses, initiated
with a state agency, as with the existing background check system.

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Prohibiting the sale or transfer of large-capacity ammunition feeding devices lawfully
possessed on the date of enactment of the bill.

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Allowing states and localities to use federal Byrne JAG grant funds to conduct a
voluntary buy-back program for grandfathered assault weapons and large-capacity
ammunition feeding devices.

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Imposing a safe storage requirement for grandfathered firearms, to keep them away from
prohibited persons.

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Requiring that assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition feeding devices
manufactured after the date of the bill's enactment be engraved with the serial number
and date of manufacture of the weapon
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Assault Weapon Bans Have Been Proven to Be Effective
The 1994 Assault Weapons Ban was effective at reducing crime and getting these military-style
weapons off our streets. Since the ban expired, more than 350 people have been killed and more
than 450 injured by these weapons.
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A Justice Department study of the assault weapons ban found that it was responsible for a
6.7% decrease in total gun murders, holding all other factors equal.
Source: Jeffrey A. Roth & Christopher S. Koper, "Impact Evaluation of the Public
Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act of 1994," (March 1997).

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The same study also found that "Assault weapons are disproportionately involved in
murders with multiple victims, multiple wounds per victim, and police officers as
victims."

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The use of assault weapons in crime declined by more than two-thirds by about nine
years after 1994 Assault Weapons Ban took effect.
o Source: Christopher S. Koper, "An Updated Assessment of the Federal Assault
Weapons Ban: Impacts on Gun Markets and Gun Violence, 1994-2003" (June
2004), University of Pennsylvania, Report to the National Institute of Justice, U.S.
Department of Justice.

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The percentage of firearms seized by police in Virginia that had high-capacity
magazines dropped significantly during the ban. That figure has doubled since the
ban expired.
o Source: David S. Fallis and James V. Grimaldi, "In Virginia, high-yield clip
seizures rise," Washington Post, at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/...012204046.html

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When Maryland imposed a more stringent ban on assault pistols and high-capacity
magazines in 1994, it led to a 55% drop in assault pistols recovered by the Baltimore
Police Department.
o Source: Douglas S. Weil & Rebecca C. Knox, Letter to the Editor, The Maryland
Ban on the Sale of Assault Pistols and High-Capacity Magazines: Estimating the
Impact in Baltimore, 87 Am. J. of Public Health 2, Feb. 1997..

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37% of police departments reported seeing a noticeable increase in criminals' use of
assault weapons since the 1994 federal ban expired.
o Source: Police Executive Research Forum, Guns and Crime: Breaking New
Ground by Focusing on the Local Impact (May 2010).

The part I find most interesting is the "two-factors" to "one-factor" judgemnt of a gun as an "Assault Rifle", and some of the things included on that list.

A Thumbhole Stock makes a gun an "Assault Rifle"? All by itself?

Be interesting to see if this has any chance of passing.

01-24-2013, 06:16 PM

Trades

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Originally Posted by Warfish

Apologies for **** formatting, but thats how it's provided.

The part I find most interesting is the "two-factors" to "one-factor" judgemnt of a gun as an "Assault Rifle", and some of the things included on that list.

A Thumbhole Stock makes a gun an "Assault Rifle"? All by itself?

Be interesting to see if this has any chance of passing.

Well I feel a lot safer now! :rolleyes:

01-24-2013, 08:15 PM

JetPotato

Gun guys, I don't know much, but are we seeing handguns and shotguns here?

01-24-2013, 11:18 PM

Warfish

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Originally Posted by JetPotato

Gun guys, I don't know much, but are we seeing handguns and shotguns here?

Yes. Potentially a large number of them, if they have any of the "single qualifier" traits.

01-24-2013, 11:54 PM

DDNYjets

The new NY law basically bans handguns bc of the 7 round limit. Very few guns have 7 round mags.

01-25-2013, 02:19 AM

gunnails

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Originally Posted by JetPotato

Gun guys, I don't know much, but are we seeing handguns and shotguns here?

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Yes, I have a Smith & Wesson SW99 9mm semi auto (the gun James Bond now uses:) ) It comes standard with 15 round mags... 10 round mags are available and mine was produced in 2001 during the last assault weapons ban and as such came stock with 2, 10 round mags, I bought a couple of 15 round mags a few years back for it and I guess those would be grandfathered. So I am providing a lousy example. :)

Threaded handgun barrels would now be illegal, which sucks cause I was thinking about getting one and a suppressor (commonly known as a silencer), which are legal with ATF approval and are also legal in Oregon, thought it would be easier on the ears, and kinda cool. They don't work like in the movies, gun fire is still loud but tolerable.

The new NY law basically bans handguns bc of the 7 round limit. Very few guns have 7 round mags.

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Seems there will be a new market for 7 round mags and I am sure someone will fill the need for them or come up with some sort of device to limit the existing ones to 7 kinda like the plugs they put in hunting shotguns to limit them to 2 in the magazine.

01-25-2013, 10:13 AM

quantum

While I'm somewhat supportive of a real assault weapon ban, this may go too far into handgun territory.

Maybe someone should just invent stun-only phasers for home protection and make all of this moot.

01-25-2013, 10:55 AM

Warfish

Interesting is that the proposal, if taken as is, would make a large number of Black Powder rifiles illegal as "Assault Weapons" since many of them nowadays have the "Thumbhole Stock" style of grip, and the "one factor" rules would make even a single trait enough to classify a weapon as an Assault Weapon..

This is why I'm against how Gun Control is done in Government. Because it's arbitrary, based on perception and fear, not facts and figures, and is (when looked at in detail) patently rediculous in many ways.

There is a wide variety of ways Gun Control could have been handled. This is the most ham fisted and illogical way possible, and reeks of both ignorance, and hatred, of all guns, not a reasonable effort to control illegal guns in illegal hands doing illegal things.

01-28-2013, 09:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Warfish

Apologies for **** formatting, but thats how it's provided.

The part I find most interesting is the "two-factors" to "one-factor" judgemnt of a gun as an "Assault Rifle", and some of the things included on that list.

A Thumbhole Stock makes a gun an "Assault Rifle"? All by itself?

Be interesting to see if this has any chance of passing.

It sure as hell won't pass the House. Likely won't pass the senate either.. Obama knows this too, so it is just a rallying cry to his Base I assume.

01-28-2013, 10:59 PM

long island leprechaun

As long as they keep the grandfathering in, it's a stupid law. If they're going to ban assault weapons, then ban them entirely. You got one before the law changed, turn it in - fair market value. If you don't you face a fine/confiscation or criminal penalties. If you have one unregistered, you're commiting a crime. Period. If they mean what they say, they won't go through the charade of allowing millions of weapons that violate the ban to be on the streets.

The legislation excludes the following weapons from the bill:

Any weapon that is lawfully possessed at the date of the bill's enactment;